| Name | CVE-2021-33178 |
| Description | The Manage Backgrounds functionality within NagVis versions prior to 1.9.29 is vulnerable to an authenticated path traversal vulnerability. Exploitation of this results in a malicious actor having the ability to arbitrarily delete files on the local system. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nagvis (PTS) | buster | 1:1.9.11-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:1.9.25-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:1.9.34-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.9.40-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nagvis | source | (unstable) | 1:1.9.29-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - nagvis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - nagvis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - nagvis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)